Leave No Girl Behind Research Report

Leave No Girl Behind Research Report and Policy NoteUnited Nations Girls’ Education Initiative We’re delighted to share a new research report and policy note – Transformative political leadership to promote 12 years of quality education for all girls – launched today at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. This research is the latest from the

EiE advocacy using human rights approaches

From the INEE newsletter Webinar: EiE advocacy using human rights approaches INEE Advocacy Working Group Following the well-attended “Introduction to EiE Advocacy” webinar in October 2018, the INEE Advocacy Working Group (AWG), on 15 January 2019, hosted a webinar on running successful advocacy campaigns for education in emergencies – using a human rights based approach. During the webinar,

The role of civil society in accountability systems: A human rights perspective — World Education Blog

By Zama Neff, director of Human Rights Watch’s Children’s Rights Division From girls in rural Afghanistan, to children in immigration detention on the US-Mexico border, to grandmothers fleeing war in Sri Lanka, throughout my career working on children’s rights, I’ve heard firsthand the importance that education has for families and their children, even in the […]

Focus on Children’s Rights – Blog Action Day

Children’s rights are the human rights of children with particular attention to the rights of special protection and care afforded to minors, including their right to association with both parents, human identity as well as the basic needs for food, universal state-paid education, health care and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development of the child, equal protection of the child’s civil rights, and